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The Huka River in New Zealand - photo by BBC

06/09/2014 GMT

Rivers

BBC World Service - The Forum, Rivers

Why they are essential to our planet and how they can even shape our psyche

The secrets of rivers, from hidden underwater rivers flowing under our oceans to rivers venerated as givers of abundance. With Toby Wilkinson, Mathew Wells and Olwen Fouéré.

The world’s rivers have always played a powerful role in human history. But in today’s world - with air travel, super highways and the internet - do rivers matter less? Bridget Kendall asks Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson, geologist Mathew Wells and actor Olwen Fouéré to probe the watery depths.

(Photo: The Huka river in New Zealand. Credit: BBC)

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